iFarmer+

About iFarmer+

Thailand is moving towards Thailand 4.0, which includes the introduction of technology to help the country development, and in the past ten years the overall picture of the production in the field of livestock has continued to grow in line with the expanding environment. Economic character Especially in important economic animals such as dairy cows, which had a continuous expansion in production from 8.03 hundred thousand tons of raw milk in 2006 to 10.84 hundred thousand tons in 2015. There is also a new generation of farmers interested in raising dairy cattle.
Today's advancements in communication technology have made smart phones an essential device for communication and information retrieval. The method of accessing the information has therefore been developed in the form of the appropriate use of smartphones. To achieve convenience, speed and ease of use.
Department of Livestock, by the Bureau of Biotechnology, Livestock Production has applied technology to perform its mission by establishing a database system for dairy cattle, including historical data. Reproductive system information Milk production data and data recording system to the dairy database to increase efficiency, accuracy and speed of data delivery. In the database system of the Department of Livestock Development, there are data stored up to 10,392 farms from a total of 17,300 farms and 328,795 dairy cows out of the total number of cows in the country, approximately 590,000, but the usage is still used on the website system (Web app) is The 3i iService iDairy and iFarmer program only, and there are no native apps for smartphones as a result of the past usage of farmers in iFarmer, currently there are about 150 farms, but There were only a handful of farmers using them and importing their data into the system. Caused by farmers must have knowledge about setting up tools. And knowledge about converting reports for use in farm development As well as various notifications If you don't log into the program, you can't see it. Therefore gradually reduce usage It remains only to view the report.
Therefore, the Bureau of Biotechnology, Livestock Production The Department of Livestock Development therefore wants to develop an application on the Android and iOS operating system for farmers under the name iFarmer Plus, number 1 application for dairy farmers in Thailand. Under research project Application development for iFarmer Plus dairy farm management (Mobile Application for Dairy Farm management; iFarmer Plus)